Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 157 146
Rank change year-on-year -10 -11 +57
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 108 113 264
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.88% 1.57% 1.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.38% 3.23% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 71 86 213
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £27,375 £26,188 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +20.00% +2.74%
75th Percentile £40,375 £61,563 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £85,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £31,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,196 3,497 4,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 26.03% 48.53% 34.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,456 1,581 3,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £45,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £56,921 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% +8.42% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,833 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent - 38 £28,000 - 8
Thames Valley -14 30 £36,250 +20.83% 28
Hampshire -12 26 £32,500 -27.78% 11
Buckinghamshire -8 14 £42,000 -11.58% 9
East Sussex -8 10 £29,000 -64.85% 2
Berkshire -4 9 £37,500 -25.00% 17
Oxfordshire -16 7 £28,500 +3.64% 2
West Sussex -4 4 £30,000 -1.64% 4
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (12.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.56%) WordPress
3 3 (2.78%) IIS
3 3 (2.78%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 40 (37.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (37.96%) AWS
2 40 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (31.48%) Azure
4 12 (11.11%) GitHub
5 7 (6.48%) GCP
5 7 (6.48%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.70%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.85%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.85%) IaaS
8 2 (1.85%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.85%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.85%) SaaS
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.74%) DNS
2 14 (12.96%) Internet
3 12 (11.11%) DHCP
4 11 (10.19%) Firewall
5 8 (7.41%) LAN
6 7 (6.48%) TCP/IP
6 7 (6.48%) VPN
7 5 (4.63%) WAN
7 5 (4.63%) Wireless
7 5 (4.63%) WLAN
8 4 (3.70%) SAN
8 4 (3.70%) VLAN
9 2 (1.85%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.93%) Cisco Wireless
10 1 (0.93%) NAS
10 1 (0.93%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.93%) PBX
10 1 (0.93%) S/MIME
10 1 (0.93%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.26%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.63%) Power BI
3 4 (3.70%) Power Query
4 3 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.93%) Metadata
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (11.11%) Git
2 8 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 58 (53.70%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.52%) French Language
3 14 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (12.96%) Multimedia
3 14 (12.96%) Swedish Language
4 11 (10.19%) Telecoms
5 9 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 8 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.70%) Legal
9 3 (2.78%) Military
9 3 (2.78%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.85%) Finance
11 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.93%) Automotive
11 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 36 (33.33%) Analyst
2 24 (22.22%) IT Support
3 20 (18.52%) Service Analyst
3 20 (18.52%) Service Desk Analyst
4 14 (12.96%) Trainee
5 12 (11.11%) Support Technician
6 11 (10.19%) IT Engineer
7 9 (8.33%) IT Support Technician
7 9 (8.33%) IT Technician
7 9 (8.33%) Support Analyst
8 8 (7.41%) Administrator
8 8 (7.41%) Senior
9 7 (6.48%) Developer
9 7 (6.48%) Lead
9 7 (6.48%) Service Desk Team Leader
9 7 (6.48%) Team Leader
10 6 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (5.56%) Support Engineer
10 6 (5.56%) Trainee Administrator
10 6 (5.56%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.81%) CSS
1 16 (14.81%) HTML
2 8 (7.41%) React
3 4 (3.70%) .NET
3 4 (3.70%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (1.85%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.63%) Driving Licence
1 5 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (3.70%) N-Tier
3 3 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.78%) Smartphone
4 2 (1.85%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.85%) PKI
4 2 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.93%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.93%) CMDB
5 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.93%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 31 (28.70%) Windows
2 17 (15.74%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.33%) Android
4 8 (7.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (6.48%) Mac OS
6 5 (4.63%) Linux
6 5 (4.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (3.70%) Windows 10
8 3 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.93%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.93%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (31.48%) Customer Service
2 30 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (25.00%) ITSM
4 25 (23.15%) ITIL
5 20 (18.52%) Performance Metrics
6 14 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (12.96%) Mentoring
7 12 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (9.26%) Coaching
9 9 (8.33%) Analytics
10 8 (7.41%) Web Development
11 7 (6.48%) Conflict Resolution
11 7 (6.48%) CRM
11 7 (6.48%) Knowledge Management
11 7 (6.48%) Process Improvement
11 7 (6.48%) Service Management
12 6 (5.56%) Agile
12 6 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 6 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
13 5 (4.63%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.74%) JavaScript
2 15 (13.89%) Python
3 12 (11.11%) SQL
4 9 (8.33%) R
5 6 (5.56%) C#
6 4 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (3.70%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.85%) C
8 1 (0.93%) Bash
Qualifications
1 45 (41.67%) Degree
2 41 (37.96%) MCSE
3 34 (31.48%) AWS Certification
4 20 (18.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 18 (16.67%) Azure Certification
6 14 (12.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 12 (11.11%) A+ Certification
8 11 (10.19%) Security Cleared
9 9 (8.33%) SC Cleared
10 8 (7.41%) DBS Check
11 7 (6.48%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (6.48%) MCSA
12 6 (5.56%) CCNA
13 5 (4.63%) HNC
13 5 (4.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (2.78%) DV Cleared
14 3 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
15 2 (1.85%) CISSP
16 1 (0.93%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (20.37%) QA
2 2 (1.85%) GDPR
2 2 (1.85%) NIST
3 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.93%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (30.56%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.48%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.63%) XenApp
5 2 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.78%) QRadar
2 3 (2.78%) WSUS
3 2 (1.85%) Nessus
4 1 (0.93%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.93%) SCCM
4 1 (0.93%) SCOM
4 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 102 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 20 (18.52%) ServiceNow
3 16 (14.81%) VMware
4 8 (7.41%) Apple
5 6 (5.56%) Google
6 5 (4.63%) Cisco
6 5 (4.63%) Dell
7 3 (2.78%) Citrix
7 3 (2.78%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.78%) Juniper
7 3 (2.78%) LogRhythm
7 3 (2.78%) Veeam
8 2 (1.85%) Adobe
8 2 (1.85%) Draytek
8 2 (1.85%) Mitel
8 2 (1.85%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.85%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.85%) WatchGuard
9 1 (0.93%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.93%) HP